: a device that is similar in operation to radar but emits pulsed laser light instead of microwaves
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The car behind was a Nissan Leaf decked out with fifteen cameras, four long-range lidar sensors, and two short-range ones, plus a radar behind the grille.
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Carlton Reid, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Waymo and most other autonomous-tech developers seek to ensure safety with many overlapping technologies, including artificial intelligence, radar and lidar.
—Chris Kirkham, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Tesla, [Mobileye] and Waymo utilize cameras, radars, and lidars.
—Harri Weber, Quartz, 10 Feb. 2025
Airborne lidar at Guiengola, Oaxaca: Mapping a Late Postclassic Zapotec city
Science Advances.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
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Carlton Reid, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2025
Waymo and most other autonomous-tech developers seek to ensure safety with many overlapping technologies, including artificial intelligence, radar and lidar.
—Chris Kirkham, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2025
Tesla, [Mobileye] and Waymo utilize cameras, radars, and lidars.
—Harri Weber, Quartz, 10 Feb. 2025
Airborne lidar at Guiengola, Oaxaca: Mapping a Late Postclassic Zapotec city
Science Advances.
—Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Lidar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lidar. Accessed 24 Mar. 2025.
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